You know, your right, nothing, absolutely nothing in this world is perfect, you got that right, but boy those pink roses look close to perfect to me, lol...loved seeing them too.....girls love a rose, lol..﻿

+Darryl Van Gaal - you are correct. I've been using a composite approach on some of my long exposures where I do one long exposure for the foreground and a shorter one for the stars and then blend the two together.

You know, it takes a very expressive ''type'' of person to create such beautiful works of arts, music, paintings, pictures and writings....Me being one, I truly appreciate a artist that has that certain kind of ''sight'' to see what some folks can't....Its nice to be among people that can see that expressiveness in someones work, such a pleasure...﻿

Hi +Joshua Conroy! Thanks for the great feedback, much appreciated. I'll be starting up some workshops and learning resources soon, but I thought I'd let you know of a great starting point. +Alister Benn has an excellent ebook titled "Seeing The Unseen" that I highly recommend for night photography: http://availablelightimages.com/seeing-the-unseen/. Good luck to you and let me know if you run into any questions...﻿